Reviews tagging 'Murder'

One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus

90 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny

4.0

I’ve been impressed with this author’s ability to weave a complex mystery while also giving satisfying character development to multiple characters in each book. With this book, I feel like the characters might have gotten unwieldy because the character development felt more uneven. Knox was a POV character in the last book, but not this one, so he wasn’t developed much at all in this one. The fact that he and Phoebe didn’t get together officially until the end didn’t make a lot of sense to me. I found myself wondering stuff like: did Cooper’s dad ever come around to Cooper being gay? What about Addie’s realization about being bi? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, and Car accident

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy

nenah_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Gun violence

andreamhi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Even though this may be a little of a low rating I really liked this booked, I just didn’t find it that surprising (except for one element in the last pages), but apart from that what I liked the most was seeing Nate, Phoebe and Addy get over most of the baggage they’ve been carrying. I found the plot a little predictable after some things were revealed, but what had drawn me more to read the book was revisiting the characters and what they were up to rather than the plot itself, so in a way it met my expectations. Will forever love this series, was one of the first mysteries I read :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Grief

Minor: Cancer

its_yousuffff's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

One of my favorite books so far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcohol

kalefactory's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking

dianazheng's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

jeanilegacie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

snitcheye177's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Drug use